Notice the picture of sweet potatoes that are still accompanied by the leaves. Have you ever seen sweet potatoes around you ?. Sweet potatoes or often known as sweet potatoes , generally have a shape oval slightly irregular. Has relatively thin skin compared to the skin on cassava. Tuber meat consists of various colors, namely white, yellow, reddish orange or ...
Read More »English
Cassava (Manihot Esculenta Crantz)
1). Physical-morphological properties Cassava or often known as the popular name of cassava, is a multi-use plant, from sweet potatoes to leaves can be utilized. Juicy as the main source of carbohydrates and leaves as vegetables. In general, cassava is shaped like a cylinder whose tip is smaller with an average diameter of about 2 – 5 cm and a ...
Read More »Gadung (Dioscorea hispida Dennst)
1). Physical-morphological properties Have you ever seen a gadung tuber? Currently these types of tubers are rather difficult to find. In Indonesia, this plant has a name like bitule (Gorontalo), gadu (Bima), gadung (Bali, Java, Madura, Sunda) iwi (Sumba), ax (Sasak), Salapa (Bugis) and sikapa (Makassar). Umbrella elliptical bulb with sides that are almost parallel or widened against the peak, ...
Read More »Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.)
1). Physical-morphological properties The potato ( Solanum tuberosum L ) is from South America. The potato tube is the enlarged ends of the stolon (the potato tuber is the bulb tube formed from the stolon tip enlargement). Tuber shape, bud eye, skin color and color of meat varies according to potato varieties. Potato tubers are round, oval and tapered. There ...
Read More »Taro (Colocasia esculents (L.) Schoot)
1). Physical-morphological properties Taro (Colocasia esculents (L.) Schoot) the tubers are oval to slightly rounded with a diameter of about 10 cm. Taro skin is reddish. Taro skin is rough because there are traces of root growth. Color of white taro meat. Taro leaves are shaped large. This leaves can be used as a protective head when it rains. The ...
Read More »Yodofor Formula
In the form of packets, yodofor formula has a long shelf life. However, iodine can be lost from the solution by evaporation. The rapid shrinkage occurs especially when the temperature exceeds 50⁰C solution because iodine tends to sublimate. Iodine can be absorbed by the objects of plastic and rubber from the heat exchanger to cause color. By iodine staining can ...
Read More »